# TPUSA Halftime show featuring Kid Rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422 "2026-02-06T06:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/261 "2026-02-10T18:44:15Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Well now he can’t do any of those things because of Bad Bunny. His grass might actually walk away… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/262 "2026-02-10T18:46:48Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Could be even worse. When I tell people I am in Auburn, I often have to clarify I’m not talking about the university. And I’m in Washington, but not DC. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/263 "2026-02-10T19:45:18Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Oh, it matters; he was the one with a hat and a Scouse accent. Further nitpick: Yakko didn’t wear a hat; Wakko did. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/264 "2026-02-10T21:37:37Z")
If you thought the MAGA alternative halftime show was bad, you missed the DHS alternative Puppy Bowl… ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/265 "2026-02-10T21:44:55Z")
Goddam globalist. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/266 "2026-02-10T21:54:30Z")
Trust me, the aliens don’t care where you’re from. Although some of them think the North Americans are a little too fatty and they prefer the taste of the leaner cuts available from other regions of the Earth. :eeek: ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/267 "2026-02-10T22:31:25Z")
North Americans are well-marbled. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/268 "2026-02-11T00:41:59Z")
Bunny was listing all of the countries in North and South America in order from southern to northern. The idea that “The Americas” include all these countries is a bone of contention one often hears if you travel to them. Similar themes one might hear include that all of these countries matter (even if the US rarely thinks of them), and that they are distinct and quite different from another even if some view them as “all the same” or very similar. Bunny was not remotely saying Canada was like the US. Almost the opposite - that each of these places is different with a common humanity and individual charms, and are not merely an America Light. In fact, one suspects many Canadians would agree with this idea. Of course, Canada and the US have historically had many similarities too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/269 "2026-02-11T01:06:16Z")
I believe this to be true.^^ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/270 "2026-02-11T02:15:22Z")
Nielsen has released ratings for the Super Bowl, and for the halftime show. Across all U.S. platforms, the game averaged 124.9 million viewers. Bad Bunny’s show averaged 128.2 million, or something on the order of 25 times the viewership of TPUSA’s show. > **[Super Bowl averages 124.9M viewers in US, Bad Bunny's halftime 128.2 million,...](https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-ratings-nbc-nielsen-seahawks-patriots-bad-bunny-1fff75414ea28b300133372984994ca0)** > > Seattle's Super Bowl victory over New England on Sunday night didn't break viewership records. The game averaged 124.9 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL+, according to Nielsen. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/271 "2026-02-11T02:35:48Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > 128.2 million, or something on the order of 25 times the viewership of TPUSA’s show. 25 times the _purported_ viewership of TPUSA’s show. The two audience counting methodologies are not comparable. I strongly suspect that TPUSA’s reported number is biased upwards (as, apparently does [Candace Owens](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/candace-owens-claims-turning-point-064749935.html)). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/272 "2026-02-11T04:02:24Z")
I knew it would help when I watched it. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/273 "2026-02-11T04:30:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > something on the order of 25 times the viewership of TPUSA’s show. I can’t believe more people didn’t tune in to watch the animatronic pair of bumper nuts lipsync Kid Rock songs. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/274 "2026-02-11T05:09:07Z")
Creed already withdrew from a “patriotic” Kid Rock tour scheduled for later this year. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/275 "2026-02-11T22:54:12Z")
Is that usual, that the halftime show got more viewers than the game itself? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/276 "2026-02-11T22:56:39Z")
Not as far as I know. It does indicate that some people who weren’t watching the game as a whole specifically tuned in for the halftime show, very likely due to the controversy which Trump and his allies spun onto it – either out of curiosity, or out of a desire to support Bad Bunny and liberal causes while defying Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/277 "2026-02-11T23:29:48Z")
I’m sure there were some hate watchers. But you know what they say about publicity… I quite enjoyed the show and I did not watch the Super Bowl. I’ve always had a hard time understanding Puerto Rican accents, even though I once worked at a nonprofit that served Puerto Ricans. But anyway you didn’t really need to understand it to understand it. It was really beautiful and positive and an absolute middle finger to the Trump administration. I haven’t listened to PR music since Calle 13 but I may have to bust out some Bad Bunny sometime. It was an interesting combination of modern and classic. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/278 "2026-02-12T00:18:29Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I haven’t listened to PR music since Calle 13 If you want both Calle 13 (or at least Residente) and Bad Bunny you can listen to _afilando los cuchillos_ which was a protest song they made with iLe protesting the then Governor of Puerto Rico. They also collaborated on at least one other song. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/279 "2026-02-12T00:31:26Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > the wholesome stylings of Kid Rock Now there’s a line I never thought I’d see in print. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/280 "2026-02-12T00:55:15Z")
Thanks! I’ll check it out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=15)